The Oakstone Advantage

The Oakstone team partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include USCF, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Our continuing education programs include:

Board Reviews

Stay current and earn credits while maximizing your performance on certification or recertification exams.

Clinical Updates

Ensure the highest quality of patient care with the latest guidelines and treatment options in your specialty.

Journal Reviews

Become a member of the elite journal club and stay ahead of changes with top-quality, unbiased journal summaries.

Audio Companions

Expand your breadth of knowledge with popular self-assessment programs with focused discussions and commentary.

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As a part of A.D.A.M., Oakstone products will be marketed within the vast domestic and international network of hospitals, educational institutions and physician medical associations. In addition, the Oakstone team will have access to the extensive spectrum of A.D.A.M. content services providing the ability to leverage its rich media production services to elevate the quality of our products and increase the offerings available to our physician, dental and allied health care-based network of customers.

Major Brands

CMEinfo Doctors and dentists rely on CMEinfo to provide a range of unbiased and evidence-based content in the form of recorded medical conferences and accompanying materials, which can be accessed online or in CD or DVD formats. Every year, CMEinfo records, edits and packages these programs across 40+ medical specialties and subspecialties, giving doctors and dentists the freedom to “attend” important conferences without travel and time away from their practice.

Practical Reviews Every month, our experienced physician-editors scour hundreds of medical journals in search of the most relevant articles, delivering expert summaries and audio commentary to computers, phones and mobile devices. Practical Reviews keeps doctors and dentists current, saving them precious time while putting a world of valuable information at their fingertips.

Dental Decks Capitalizing on the simplicity and effectiveness of flash cards, Dental Decks provides dental and dental hygiene students with a fast, convenient, proven way to prep for Dental and Dental Hygiene Board exams. Cards are available online or in physical form, organized around relevant topics and designed to be an affordable, highly useful tool.

Personal Best Personal Best promotes health and safety in the workplace through employee wellness programs and publications that educate, encourage and enrich. We deliver a range of generic and custom-branded wellness communication tools in the form of newsletters, brochures, posters, kits, journals and other materials.

Major Partnerships

Oakstone partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Click here to view the complete list of universities, hospitals and association partners.

The Oakstone Pledge

While we provide a vast array of continuing medical education materials, it is the quality of what we provide that makes us different. Our content is unbiased and evidence-based. We strive to work with highly experienced clinicians and experts in their fields, and partner with some of the best medical institutions in the world. Through our products, CMEinfo and Practical Reviews, we provide the best in recorded course reviews, clinical updates, journal summaries and conferences. You can be confident that the CME materials developed by Oakstone are of the absolute highest quality. Our reputation depends on it.

Mission Statement

Oakstone Medical Publishing, LLC (Oakstone) develops and publishes medical and dental education materials that are timely, relevant, and meaningful to clinical practice in multiple specialties for health care and dental providers. Each activity provides practical, concise updated information allowing the provider to incorporate new practice methodologies (or eliminate existing practice methodologies) and to improve professional understanding of various health-related issues addressed in their practice while enhancing their competence and performance for purposes of improved patient care and improved quality of health care.

The continuing education (CE) programs by Oakstone are designed to develop and disseminate medical and dental educational materials allowing health care and dental providers to select their learning format and then learn at a convenient time, pace, and place.

The Oakstone Advantage

The Oakstone team partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include USCF, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Our continuing education programs include:

Board Reviews

Stay current and earn credits while maximizing your performance on certification or recertification exams.

Clinical Updates

Ensure the highest quality of patient care with the latest guidelines and treatment options in your specialty.

Journal Reviews

Become a member of the elite journal club and stay ahead of changes with top-quality, unbiased journal summaries.

Audio Companions

Expand your breadth of knowledge with popular self-assessment programs with focused discussions and commentary.

Ebix is a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce to the insurance, financial and health care industries. A.D.A.M. is a business unit of Ebix focused on providing innovative multimedia health content trusted by best-in-class websites, consumer health portals, health care, biomedical device, pharmaceutical, and academic organizations.

As a part of A.D.A.M., Oakstone products will be marketed within the vast domestic and international network of hospitals, educational institutions and physician medical associations. In addition, the Oakstone team will have access to the extensive spectrum of A.D.A.M. content services providing the ability to leverage its rich media production services to elevate the quality of our products and increase the offerings available to our physician, dental and allied health care-based network of customers.

Major Brands

CMEinfo Doctors and dentists rely on CMEinfo to provide a range of unbiased and evidence-based content in the form of recorded medical conferences and accompanying materials, which can be accessed online or in CD or DVD formats. Every year, CMEinfo records, edits and packages these programs across 40+ medical specialties and subspecialties, giving doctors and dentists the freedom to “attend” important conferences without travel and time away from their practice.

Practical Reviews Every month, our experienced physician-editors scour hundreds of medical journals in search of the most relevant articles, delivering expert summaries and audio commentary to computers, phones and mobile devices. Practical Reviews keeps doctors and dentists current, saving them precious time while putting a world of valuable information at their fingertips.

Dental Decks Capitalizing on the simplicity and effectiveness of flash cards, Dental Decks provides dental and dental hygiene students with a fast, convenient, proven way to prep for Dental and Dental Hygiene Board exams. Cards are available online or in physical form, organized around relevant topics and designed to be an affordable, highly useful tool.

Personal Best Personal Best promotes health and safety in the workplace through employee wellness programs and publications that educate, encourage and enrich. We deliver a range of generic and custom-branded wellness communication tools in the form of newsletters, brochures, posters, kits, journals and other materials.

Major Partnerships

Oakstone partners with many of the smartest minds in medicine to deliver some of the most reliable, most trusted, most comprehensive educational content available. Our partners include Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins and many more. Click here to view the complete list of universities, hospitals and association partners.

The Oakstone Pledge

While we provide a vast array of continuing medical education materials, it is the quality of what we provide that makes us different. Our content is unbiased and evidence-based. We strive to work with highly experienced clinicians and experts in their fields, and partner with some of the best medical institutions in the world. Through our products, CMEinfo and Practical Reviews, we provide the best in recorded course reviews, clinical updates, journal summaries and conferences. You can be confident that the CME materials developed by Oakstone are of the absolute highest quality. Our reputation depends on it.

Mission Statement

Oakstone Medical Publishing, LLC (Oakstone) develops and publishes medical and dental education materials that are timely, relevant, and meaningful to clinical practice in multiple specialties for health care and dental providers. Each activity provides practical, concise updated information allowing the provider to incorporate new practice methodologies (or eliminate existing practice methodologies) and to improve professional understanding of various health-related issues addressed in their practice while enhancing their competence and performance for purposes of improved patient care and improved quality of health care.

The continuing education (CE) programs by Oakstone are designed to develop and disseminate medical and dental educational materials allowing health care and dental providers to select their learning format and then learn at a convenient time, pace, and place.

The Johns Hopkins Neuroradiology Review

Johns Hopkins Clinical Update

Stay current, improve interpretive skills and prep for board exams with this authoritative review of adult and pediatric neuroradiology.

If your primary viewing mode will be on a computer or tablet, we recommend the Online Video package.
In addition to online access, you will receive a USB with MP4 files. Use the USB to watch offline or import into iTunes and other media players and then synch to your mobile device, laptop or desktop. Plus you save $130 including standard shipping charges vs the DVD package.

A Comprehensive Review of Adult and Pediatric Neuroradiology

This case-based course offers a practical review of adult and pediatric neuroradiology. Lectures from expert Johns Hopkins faculty members provide a comprehensive review of brain, head and neck and spine imaging in adults and children covering the latest developments and techniques. The course is ideal for general radiologists and neuroradiologists, radiology residents and fellows, neurologists, pediatric neurologists, neurosurgeons and otorhinolaryngologists. The program will improve interpretive skillsets and offers excellent preparation for maintenance of certification exams. It will help you to better:

Discuss latest developments in the field of neuroradiology practice in the context of applied neurologic disease diagnoses and treatments

Adapt relevant latest neuroimaging techniques, when applicable, to their practice

Interpret neuroimaging studies with an up-to-date approach using latest knowledge and techniques

Adapt low dose CT neuroimaging practices in children

Discover New Guidelines

A clinically based update, this learn-at-your-own-pace course adult and pediatric neuroradiology provides a maximum of 26.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Available online or on disk, it provides access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so that you may expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

CT Dose: Why Should We Be Concerned and What Can We Do to Lower Dose? - Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD

Most Common Ten Brain Tumors in Children - Aylin Tekes-Brady, MD

Cerebellar Malformations - Andrea Poretti, MD

Children with Seizures: What to Look For? - Thierry Huisman, MD

Adult Brain

Atherosclerosis and Carotid MRA - Bruce Wasserman, MD

Acute Stroke Imaging - Oluwatoyin Idowu, MD

Update on Acute Stroke Interventions - Danielle Eckart - Sorte, MD

Cerebral Hemorrhage - David Yousem, MD

Cerebral Aneurysms and Latest Treatment Devices - Monica Pearl, MD

CNS Infections in Adults: Trends and Differences - Haris Sair, MD

Common Adult Brain Tumors - Sachin Gujar, MD

Functional Neuroimaging in Neurosurgical Planning - Jay Pillai, MD

Post-Treatment Evaluation of Brain Tumors - Sachin Gujar, MD

Maxillofacial Trauma - Michael Kraut, MD, PhD

Neurodegenerative Diseases - David Yousem, MD

Paranasal Sinuses - S. James Zinreich, MD

Head Trauma in Adults - Haris Sair, MD

Spine

Spine Trauma - Izlem Izbudak, MD

Spine DJD Nomenclature Update - Gary Gong, MD, PhD

Most Common Intradural Tumors of the Spine - Sachin Gujar, MD

Vertebral Column Tumors - Izlem Izbudak, MD

Spine Infection/Inflammation - Nafi Aygun, MD

Spinal Vascular Malformations: Cord Stroke - Philippe Gailloud, MD

Orbits - Rohini Nadgir, MD

Activity Director

Izlem Izbudak, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Johns Hopkins Speakers

Shivani Ahlawat, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging

Nafi Aygun, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Ari Blitz, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Thangamadhan Bosemani, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Danielle Eckart-Sorte, MD

Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Science

Division of Interventional Neuroradiology

Philippe Gailloud, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science,

Neurological Surgery and Neurology

Director, Interventional Neuroradiology

Gary Gong, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Sachin Gujar, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Thierry Huisman, MD

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Chairman, Department of Imaging

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Oluwatoyin Idowu, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Chief, Bayview Neuroradiology

Michael Kraut, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Chief Physicist, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Rohini Nadgir, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Monica Pearl, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Division of Interventional Neuroradiology

Jay Pillai, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Director, Functional MR Imaging

Andrea Poretti, MD

Research Associate

Department of Radiology and Radiological Science

Division of Pediatric Radiology, Section of Pediatric Neuroradiology

Haris Sair, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Aylin Tekes-Brady, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Bruce Wasserman, MD

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Director of Translational Neuroradiology

David Yousem, MD

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

Vice Chairman of Radiology

Carlos Zamora, MD, PhD

Instructor in Radiology and Radiological Science

S. James Zinreich, MD

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science,

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Director, Head and Neck Imaging

Accreditation

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 26.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: November 20, 2015Date Credits Expire: November 20, 2018

A certificate of credit will be provided after successful completion of the activity evaluation and post-test. A minimum passing rate of at least 70%, within three attempts is needed. A $45 processing fee is required before taking the online post-test. Instructions will be provided in the electronic syllabus. Registrations for credit will not be accepted after the expiration date of the activity.

Policy on Speaker and Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider globally disclose conflicts of interest. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the instructional materials.

Learning Objectives

After viewing this activity, participants will demonstrate the ability to:

Discuss latest developments in the field of neuroradiology practice in the context of applied neurologic disease diagnoses and treatments.

Adapt relevant latest neuroimaging techniques, when applicable, to their practice.

Interpret neuroimaging studies with an up-to-date approach using latest knowledge and techniques.

Adapt low dose CT neuroimaging practices in children.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for radiologists and neuroradiologists, radiology residents and fellows, neurologists, pediatric neurologists, neurosurgeons and otorhinolaryngologists.

CONFIDENTIALITY DISCLAIMER FOR CME ACTIVITY PARTICIPANTS

I certify that I am participating in a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine CME activity for accredited training and/or educational purposes. I understand that while I am in this capacity, I may be exposed to "protected health information," as that term is defined and used in Hopkins policies and in the federal HIPAA privacy regulations (the "Privacy Regulations"). Protected health information is information about a person's health or treatment that identifies the person.

I pledge and agree to use and disclose any of this protected health information only for the training and/or educational purposes of my visit and to keep the information confidential. I agree not to post or discuss this protected health information, including pictures and/or videos, on any social media site (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.), in any electronic messaging program or through any portable electronic device.

I understand that I may direct to the Johns Hopkins Privacy Officer any questions I have about my obligations under this Confidentiality Pledge or under any of the Hopkins policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations related to confidentiality. The contact information is: Johns Hopkins Privacy Officer, telephone: 410-735-6509, e-mail: HIPAA@jhmi.edu.

"The Office of Continuing Medical Education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as provider of this activity, has relayed information with the CME attendees/participants and certifies that the visitor is attending for training, education and/or observation purposes only."

Johns Hopkins Clinical Update

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